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A night to remember: Rangers honoring legend Vic Hadfield

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Vic Hadfield acknowledges cheers from the Madison Square Garden crowd in February, when the Rangers retired Jean Ratelle's number. Sunday, the legenday former Rangers captain get his own such ceremony.

The night belongs to Vic Hadfield, the guy who led the charge over the glass at the old Garden in 1965 when his general manager, Emile Francis, was at risk scuffling with a fan after the Cat had challenged a goal judge named Arthur Reichert for turning on the red light.

“I had to go,” Hadfield said just the other day.